[He has to fight back the brittle, broken laugh at that. "A good guy". After everything he's done, the concept is so...

He stifles it down, rubs at his mouth before taking another drink.]

Because it was my fault she was in there to start with. [And who told him that? Who made it clear to him?] I needed to get her back for... For Basira. For herself. I needed to make right what I screwed up.